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We've noted repeatedly how right wing billionaire Larry Ellison hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to run CBS News for a very obvious set of reasons: to coddle wealth and power (parti ...

The Trump administration's war on vaccines continues, it seems. We've already written extensively about all the bullshit RFK Jr. is pulling when it comes to public health around vaccine ...

One of the most common refrains we hear from age verification proponents is that online ID checks are nothing new. After all, you show your ID at bars and liquor stores all the time, right? And it'

I've criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we're living through. Yes, he's the leader of a minority ...

Donald Trump and his authoritarian friends have successfully destroyed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the closest this country has gotten to having a useful and effective publicly-f ...

The 2026 Microsoft Office Pro Bundle has 8 courses to help you master essential Office skills. Courses cover Access, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and more. It's on sale for $25. Note: The Techdir ...

Given the recent Supreme Court ruling that (surprisingly!) said Trump did not have the executive power to commandeer National Guard troops to aid and abet law enforcement/deportation efforts in Ill ...

American right wing propaganda companies are beginning to fight among themselves as a shrinking number of dodgy media companies vie for domination of the Trump-coddled U.S. propaganda market.Newsma ...

I've come to really appreciate the term "Trump derangement syndrome." I've found it incredibly useful, primarily because whenever I hear someone use the phrase unironically,

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. It was a chilly afternoon in January, just a week after President Donald Trump returned to the White ...